Despite the desirability of a complete work-up, the treatment of an ischemic limb must take priority over more complex and time-consuming investigations.
The classical description of patients with acute limb ischemia is represented by the "six Ps": pain, pallor, paralysis, pulse deficit, paresthesia, and poikilothermia. Pain may be either constant ...
The case is reported of a 32 year old woman with acute on chronic upper limb ischaemia due to thrombus from a cervical rib that had compressed the right subclavian artery of her dominant hand after ...
Medical therapy is critical in preventing the worst complications of peripheral artery disease (PAD), among them heart attack ...